US troops 'laughed as Iraqi died'
An Iraqi civilian has testified that US soldiers forced him and his cousin to jump into the River Tigris and laughed as his relative was swept to his death.

US army reserve a 'broken' force
The commander of the US army reserve says it is rapidly degenerating into a "broken" force. Lt Gen James Helmly, in a leaked memo to the Pentagon, says the reserve has reached a point where it cannot fulfil its missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US wounded in Iraq reaches 10,000
The Pentagon says that more than 10,000 US military personnel have been wounded in Iraq since the conflict began in March 2003.

U.S. House Approves Republican Measure to Change Ethics Rules
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives opened its 109th session by approving a Republican proposal to limit the ability of the chamber's ethics panel to open investigations of misconduct charges.